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MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING CARTRIDGE CLIPS.

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No. 810,065. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906. 0. M. LISSAK.

MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING GA RTRIDGE CLIPS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1904.

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MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING CARTRIDGE-CLIPS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed September 19, 1904. Serial No. 224,983.

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, ORMOND M. LISSAK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westpoint, county of Orange, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Assembling CartridgeClips, of which the following is a full,

' clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a machine for assembling the parts of a cartridge-clip. By cartridge-clip I mean a device or clip in which a plurality of cartridges are held, but in such a manner that they may be readily removed from the clip or holder one by one. This clip consists of two parts-the main body portion, which is provided with a flange engaging the flange-head of the cartridge, and a spring which bears against the head.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a machine which will readily insert the spring in proper position in and with respect to the body of the clip.

I will first describe my invention as embodied in the accompanying drawings and then point out the invention in the claims.

. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clip and spring. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my assembling device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of same with top of table removed. Fig. 4 is an end elevation, and Fig. 5 a side elevation, of my invention. Fig. 6 is a section through the line 6 6, Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is an enlarged section through the line 7 7, Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is an enlarged section through 8 8, Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is an enlarged section through 9 9, Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1 I have illustrated separately the two parts of the clips. The body A of the clip has the sides a provided with lateral flanges a a. On the base of the body portion are the two lugs a a oppositely inclined. B is the spring, which is inserted in the body portion A of the clip. This spring has a slightly-curved surface, as shown, an has near the opposite ends tongues b b, facing oppositely. There is also at the end of this spring the projecting portion b The spring portion is forced into the body portion, so that the lug a engages the tongue I) and the lug a engages the other tongue I), holding the spring from movement. The cartridges are inserted one by one head down, so that the flanged portion (1 projects into the grooved portion of the cartridge-head.

The spring B in the body will bear against the head of the cartridge and hold the flanges of the cartridge against the flanges of the body portionof the clip, thus retaining the cartridge fixed in groups; yet a slight movement only is necessary to release them. As a further protection the projection b at each end of the spring when the cartridges are in the clip may be bent up to confine the ends of the group of cartridges.

It is the object of my inventionto provide a machine which will automatically assemble the spring within the body of the clip.

C represents the body or frame of the machine, having the two compartments C and O In the compartment C are placed the body portions of the clips, while in the compartment O are placed the springs. In this table are the orifices D and E, the orifice D being for the reception of the springs and the orifice E for the body of the clips.

D is a frame sliding in grooves in the bed of the machine and having the arm D in line with the guide (1 opening from the slot or opening D. The guide (1 at one portion has flanges d d, which flanges inclinedownward toward the bottom, as shown in Fig. 7. When the spring is delivered through the orifice D to the guide d ,it is received by the guide, the spring in its forward movement, as hereinafter described, being held from upward movement-by the flanges d d. The orifice E has an inclined surface a in line with the carrier E, having the surface 6 of the width of the body of the clip and on which the body of the clip is placed. Connected to this carrier is a pin e surrounding which is the jaw end 6 of the lever e, which is pivoted at e" and having the cam-face e, which is kept in engagement with a roller D on the arm I) of frame D by the action of a spring a. The end of this lever is in line with the frame I). In operation when the spring is inserted through orifice D into guide d and the clip through orifice E onto carrier E and a movement be given to the frame D the spring is moved forward through its guide by contact of arm D with the end of the spring. The movement of the frame is accomplished as follows: F is a bracket having the orifices f f, through which pass bolts ff, slightly smaller than the orifices f, and which bolts are screwed into the portion D of frame D. The heads f 2 thus hold the bracket F fixed to the frame D. In order to adjust the position of the bracket F with respect to the frame D IIO within the limits of the play between the bolts j and the orifices f, I provide the following means: f is a projection which, as shown, is screwed into the portion D of frame D and has the orificed end f through which passes the bolt", having the head f and the threaded endf. This threaded end engages a threaded orifice b in the bracket F. By loosening up the heads and turning the bolt f 5 the position of the bracket F with re-' spect to the frame may be adjusted within the limits before set out, and when the desired adjustment is obtained the bracket is clamped by means of the headsf Swiveled to the bracket F is the connecting-rod F, which connectingrod at its other end is pivoted to the crank F", secured to the shaft F Loose upon the shaft F is the pulley G. Connected with this pulley is the ratchet G. A pawl G carried by a roller or disk G3 on the shaft F works in this ratchet, being nor mally held in connection therewith by the spring G and thus the shaft is revolved by the pulley and the crank operates the connecting-rod F. In order to disconnect the driving means for the shaft, I provide the following mechanism: K is a shoe adapted to be moved in and out of the path of the projecting tailpiece G of the pawl. When it is moved into line with the tailpiece of thepawl, the tailpiece strikes it, swinging the pawl against the action of the spring free from the ratchet. This shoe is moved in the following manner: Connected to the shoe K are the two rods 7c k working in a bracket k Upon the rod k are the two pins 7c, between which is the bifurcated end of one arm 1 of a bell-crank L. The other end of this bell crank is connected to a link L, which in turn is connected to an arm L operated by a footlever L A spring L through the above mechanism normally holds the shoe K in the path of the tailpiece of the pawl, so that the shoe is held away from alinement with the tailpiece of the pawl by depressing the footlever L When the operator desires to stop the machine, he releases his foot from the foot-treadle L the spring L moving the parts into such position that the shoe is in alinement with the tailpiece of the pawl, and the tailpiece of the pawl striking the shoe lifts the pawl and releases it from the ratchet.

. The operation of the machine is as follows: The spring is placed in the orifice D and passes to guide (Z The body of the clip is placed in the carrier E, and by the movement of frame D the spring is directly moved and the clip moved through the lever action on the carrier, the movement of the clip and spring being at right angles to each other, the movement being such that the clip reaches the end of its travel in line with the spring just before the spring is ready to enter it, and a further movement of the frame causes the spring to enter the clip, and it is by the tongues and lugs locked therein. In the re verse movement the roller D acting on the cam-face e ,,retu.rns the carrier E, the carrier being thus positively returned. In order to prevent the clip, with its spring, being carried back on the return movement of the carrier E, I provide a holding-dog O, which is pivoted at 0 and which in the extreme forward movement of the carrier E lies over the flanged portion of the body of the clip, so that in the return movement of the carrier t the clip is held from returning with it. The carrier E in its forward movement closes an orifice N in the table, and on the return movement of the carrier, which occurs after the spring has been forced into'the clip, the orifice is uncovered and the clip, with its spring, drops through said orifice into the chute S. The relative positions of the shoe and tailpiece of the pawl are such as to cause the disengagement of the ratchet and pawl, and thus the stoppage of the machine when both carriers are in their most forward position. The next clip and spring are inserted while the carriers are at their most forward position. The carriers in their rearward or return movement pass from under the clip and spring, and the clip falls into the carrier E, and the spring B passes to guide D Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. As a machine for assembling the spring and body portions of a cartridge-clip, in combination, a table, a carrier for the clip-body, a guideway in said table for said carrier, a guideway in said table for the spring, said spring-guideway having a flanged portion overhanging the guideway and inclining downward, said guideways being at right angles and intersecting, means to move said spring in its guideway and the carrier in its guideway.

2. As a machine for assembling the spring and body portions of a cartridge-clip, in combination, a table, a carrier for the clip-body, a guideway in said table for said carrier, a guideway in said table for the spring, said guideways being at right angles and intersecting, means to move said spring in its guideway, and the carrier in its guideway, there being an orifice in said table at the point of juncture of said guideways, adapted to be covered by said carrier.

3. As a machine for assembling the spring and body portions of a cartridge-clip, in combination, a table, a carrier for the clip-body, a guideway in said table for said carrier, a guideway in said table for the spring, said guideways being at right angles and intersecting, means to move said spring in its guideway and the carrier in its guideway, there being an orifice in said table at the point of juncture of said guideways, adapted to be covered by said carrier, means to return the carrier and means to hold the clip from returning with the carrier.

4. As a machine for assembling the spring and body portions of a cartridge-clip, in combination, a table, a carrier for the clip-body, a guideway in said table for said carrier, a guideway in said table for the spring, said guideways being at right angles and intersecting, means to move said spring in its guideways and the carrier in its guideway, there being an orifice in said table at the point of juncture of said guideways, adapted to be covered by said carrier, and a pivoted hook or dog overhanging said orifice above said carrier and adapted to engage the clip.

5. As a machine for assembling the spring and body portion of a cartridge-clip, in combination, a table, a carrier for the clip-body, a guideway, in said table for said carrier, a guideway in said table for the spring, said guideways being at right angles and intersecting, a pivoted lever connected to said carrier, a spring acting to hold said lever in one position, a movable frame, said lever being in line of movement of one portion of said frame, another portion of said frame being in line with the spring-guide, and means to move saidframe.

6. In a machine for assembling the spring and body portions of a cartridge-clip, a table having guideways at right angles to and intersecting each other, means to bring the spring Within the body portion at the junc- I ture of said guides, there being an orifice through the table at the point of juncture of the guideways, and means to cover and uncover said orifice.

7. In a machine for assembling the spring and body portions of a cartridge-clip, in combination, a table, means to move the spring on said table, a carrier for the body means to hold said carrier and contained clip-body in line of movement of the spring, there being an orifice in the table beneath the carrier at that point, means to move the carrier for the clip-body and means at that point to hold the clip-body from movement With, the carrier.

8. In a machine for assembling the spring and body portions of a cartridge-clip, in combination, a table, means to move the spring in said table, a carrier for the clip-body, means to hold said carrier and contained clipbody in line of movement of the spring, there being an orifice in the table beneath the carrier at that point, and means at that point to hold the clip-body from movement.

In testimony of Which invention I have hereunto set my hand, at Westpoint, on this 2d day of September, 1904.

. ORMOND M. LISSAK.

Witnesses:

WM. WARD, F. W. Con. 

